If this familiar spirit, that communes With yours this hour-that has the power to search All things-but its own compass-is a spark Struck from the burning essence of its God— If, when these weary organs drop away, We shall forget their uses, and commune With angels and each other, as the stars Mingle their light in silence and in love— What is this fleshy fetter of a day,

That we should crown it with immortal flowers?

Willis.

CATCHFLY.
Silene.

Class 10. Order 3. There are nearly 100 species, extending throughout Europe, and passing into Barbary, etc. One of the most splendid species, flowers bright scarlet, is found in Ohio and Lower Louisiana.

ARTIFICE, OR PRETENDED LOVE.

The fell Silene, and her sisters fair,

Skilled in destruction, spread the viscous snare.

SENTIMENT.

O, I did love her dearly,

And gave her toys and rings,
And thought she meant sincerely,
When she took my pretty things:
But her heart has grown as icy
As a fountain in the fall;
And her love, that was so spicy,
It did not last at all.

I gave her once a locket,

It was filled with my own hair,
And she put it in her pocket
With very special care.
But a jeweller has got it-
He offered it to me,
And another, that is not it,
Around her neck I see.

Before the gates of fashion
I daily bent my knee;
But I sought the shrine of passion,
And found my idol-thee.
Though never love intenser

Had bowed a soul before it,-
Thine eye was on the censer,
And not the hand that bore it.

Darwin.

O. W. Holmes.

CEDAR.
Juniperus.

(Virginia Juniper, or Red Cedar.) Class 20. Order 12. Native of N. America, and the West India Islands, and Japan. The wood of this tree will resist the attacks of insects; it is the red cedar so much used in lead pencils.

THINK OF ME.

The memory of our loves shall be
As changeless as the Cedar tree.

1

Anon.

SENTIMENT.

Look to the east, when the morning is bright,
When the purple is blending with rays of rose-light:
My spirit shall then hold communion with thee,
And thy blush, bright as morning, must whisper of me.

And look to the west, when pavilioned afar,
Sweet love sends her smile from her own favored star;
And think of our friendship, as pure as star-shine,-
My spirit shall then hold communion with thine.

And at midnight's deep hour, when the moon is on high,

Should the angel of sleep leave unsealed thy soft eye, Look forth! the calm radiance is hallowed by love, And then prayers from true hearts may mingle above.

Mrs. Hale.

CHAMOMILE.
Anthemis, nobilis.

Class 18. Order 2. Herbaceous; one flower; rays white or yellow; gives out a fragrant odor. A genus of about 35 species, almost exclusively indigenous to Europe.

ENERGY IN ADVERSITY.

Like the meek Chamomile, it grew
Luxuriant from the bruise anew.

J. W. Eastburne.

SENTIMENT.

I said to Sorrow's awful storm,
That beat against my breast,

Rage on-thou mayst destroy this form,
And lay it low at rest;

Yet still, the spirit that now brooks

Thy tempest raging high,

Undaunted, on its fury looks

With steadfast eye.

I said to Penury's meagre train,
Come on your threats I brave;
My last poor life-drop you may drain,
And crush me to the grave;
Yet still, the spirit that endures,

Shall mock your force the while,
And meet each cold, cold grasp of yours
With bitter smile.

I said to cold Neglect and Scorn,

Ye

Pass on-I heed you not;

may pursue me till my form
And being are forgot;

Yet still, the spirit which you see
Undaunted by your wiles,

Draws from its own nobility

Its high-born smiles.

Anonymous.

CHINA ASTER.

Aster, Chinensis.

Class 19. Order 2. A very extensive genus, indigenous to America and Asia. The China Aster is the most beautiful; flowers. of almost every variety of color.

LOVE OF VARIETY.

And varied as the Aster's flower,
The charms of beauty bless my eye—
For who would prize the coming hour,
If only like the hours gone by?

Anon.

SENTIMENT.

The sleepless streams move onward
Through beds of idling lilies,
Chiding the foolish flowers

That watch their mirrored beauty;
So live the thoughtless many,
Who throng the halls of fashion.

Dawes.

ANSWER.

O, we hope and we image through life's busy scenes
Length of years, and the bliss of enjoying;
But, alas! the dark blight of fell death intervenes,
The flower in its blossom destroying.

New York Mirror.